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CfA: Join Us at KWI
The KWI International Fellowship Programme enables outstanding early- to mid-career researchers to spend six months fully immersed in their next project. The call for applications is currently open for the 13th cohort, for the period from 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027, with a submission deadline of 28 February 2026. Apply – or help us spread the word!
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“Krumme Straße” with Julika Griem
The current episode of the new podcast “Krumme Straße” features KWI Director Julika Griem and Heinrich Geiselberger, Programme Director at edition suhrkamp. In conversation with Hanna Engelmeier, they consider how research in the humanities can be successfully communicated, and what role publishing houses can play today.
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Living Handbook Now Online
The Living Handbook of Science Communication and Science Studies is now up and running. This freely accessible online platform, an initiative of the Rhine Ruhr Center for Science Communication Research (RRC), shares knowledge about different aspects of communication between academic research and society at large. Interconnected contributions, both popular and academic in style, shed light on a wide and ever-expanding range of timely themes.
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KWI Blogbook No. 3
The 2025 Blogbook is here! Once again we have compiled a selection of posts from the KWI Blog, with German and English texts appearing side by side. Highlighting insights across disciplines and featuring researchers from the institute as well as fellows, partners, and guests – all in a stylish, pocket-sized format – this condensed volume invites readers to consider the past year in greater depth. Copies can be requested from the KWI press office while supplies last.
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 NEW FUNDING
We are delighted to announce that Roxanne Phillips (KWI) has received a grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft to support the activities of a research network of 16 scholars from the social sciences and humanities. Funded by the DFG from 2026 to 2029, the network “Comic Literacies - Kulturtechniken des Komischen” explores the interplay between cultural techniques that shape the perception of the comic and comedy itself as an influential cultural technique.
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If you have missed any events during the ongoing semester, or wish to revisit a particular evening at KWI, take a look at the institute's media library or YouTube channel. Among many other videos, four recent events are currently available: a conversation between Tim Schanetzky and Jens-Christian Wagner on “Politik der politischen Bildung”; a keynote talk by Scottish comedian Oliver Double on “Lenny Bruce's Tattoo”; an event on “Weltfreie Bilder” featuring Jacob Birken, Christian Welzbacher, and Anja Schürmann; and a podium discussion "Im Gegenwind" on teaching in times of AI.
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CineScience “Gefährliche Schönheit”
During the winter semester of 2025/2026, the CineScience series “Dangerous Beauty” explores the power of cinematic images to seductively stage power, create pathos, and disguise ideology.
The series kicked off on 16 December with an event devoted to the many faces of propaganda, led by author and director Rüdiger Suchsland. Three further events in January and February will explore the evolution of soviet heroism as a motif, authoritarian thought in dystopian films, and aesthetic narratives of the identitarian movement, respectively.
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| Colloquium
The colloquium provides a platform to present and discuss ongoing as well as emerging research projects. In addition to projects within KWI – including the work of our new fellows – it is open to guest lectures that tie in with the institute's research agenda.
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Book Presentation: Le monde confisqué. Essai sur le capitalisme de la finitude (XVIe–XXIe Siècle)
06 Jan 2026, 18:00 (CET), KWI & ZOOM
Speaker: Arnaud Orain
Moderation: Danilo Scholz
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CineScience: Heroismus auf Russisch
13 Jan 2026, 20:00 (CET), Filmstudio Glückauf
Speaker: Irina Gradinari
Moderation: Felix Dümcke
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Workshop: "Gelehrsamkeit". Letzte Orientierungsversuche angesichts eines obsoleten Phänomens in den Geisteswissenschaften
22/23 Jan 2026, KWI
Organization: Hanna Engelmeier
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Book Presentation: Odenwald
22 Jan 2026, 18:30 (CET), KWI
Speaker: Thomas Meinecke
Moderation: Hanna Engelmeier
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CineScience: Schöne neue Welten
03 Febr 2026, 20:00 (CET), Filmstudio Glückauf
Speaker: Simon Spiegel
Moderation: Armin Flender
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CineScience: 300 und die "Festung Europa". Mythische Tendenzen in der neurechten Popkultur
17 Febr 2026, 20:00 (CET), Filmstudio Glückauf
Speaker: Markus Stiglegger
Moderation: Armin Flender
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 FROM THE MEDIA
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Julika Griem on the question of how AI is changing the humanities
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Review of Tim Schanetzky's "Politik der politischen Bildung"
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Contribution by Danilo Scholz on Hannah Arendt's attitude towards Israel
(Spiegel Online, paywall)
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“Literatur(-wissenschaft) und Soziologie vertragen sich nicht? Literaturwissenschaftliche Forschung zu Poetikdozenturen aus der Perspektive der Soziologie” by Paul Buckermann
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“Henry Kissinger als (Vor-)Denker des Atomkriegs” by Constantin M. März
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“Vom Pflügen erzählen. Landwirtschaft in der Literatur von James L. Mitchell und Angharad Price” by Laura M. Reiling
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Weltmacht DDR. Zeitschrift für Ideengeschichte edited by Danilo Scholz and Christian Neumeier
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“Inseln schaffen. Zum Naturverhältnis von Ferdinand Tönnies” by Alexander Wierzock
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